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I was really excited to get my hands on some beautiful colors and effects by CND recently. I’ve never previously been able to play with their products so I couldn’t wait- and let me tell you they didn’t disappoint!

I did a quick stucco/abstract design that reminded me a bit of another quick design I did ages ago but hestitated on posting. Regardless, I really enjoyed working with these shades. Let me just say that I used a bunch of effects but you can’t see much of them here because of the angle and as such, I’ll be doing ANOTHER, much more refined design with these polishes in the very near future!

For this design I used OPI Nail Envy as a base, followed by an amazing one coater of CND Miss Wu. I then used a small brush (But NOT my regular one- don’t want to ruin it) to sort of sponge/smudge different shades on. I used (all CND) Midnight Sapphire, Scarlet Letter, Plumville, Dark Amethyst, Raisin in the Sun, Veronica, and Brigette as the colors. I topped random places with Copper Pearl, Sheer 24K Sparkle, Gold Shimmer, and Raspberry Sparkle. I topped everything with a swipe of Seche Vite.

I am absolutely in love. The creme’s are on coaters, the effects absolutely transform all of the shades so you have at least twice as many options, and everything dries really quickly. I can’t wait to do more designs with the effects showcased because they’re gorgeous. The Sheer 24K Sparkle is a gold flakie effect from this Fall/Winter 2011 collection and paired with Midnight Sapphire it’s especially spectacular.

So tell me what you think… do you like the fall shades? What are your favorites? I’d never experienced any other CND’s so tell me which ones you think I should try!

The polishes in this post were sent to me for consideration and review by the manufacturer. For further information, please see my disclosure statement.

Being traditional, I had to partake in the OPI Halloween nail art contest again this year. My last years design (Nightmare Before Christmas) would have worked well since the theme was Halloween Movies. Well here’s the thing, now EVERYONE is doing Nightmare Before Christmas, so I did Hocus Pocus!

Thumb is the book of spells, index is Sarah Jessica Parker Playing Sarah, Middle is Bette Midler playing Winnie, Index is Kathy Najimy playing Mary, the pinky is the black flame candle.

I didn’t really enter to win, it was just a nice tradition to participate annually :) The ladies that entered really made me up my game- some seriously talented nail artists are coming out of the woodwork! I actually sort of love/hate my design here but I’m too lazy to redo anything on it HAH! Oh well, what’s a girl to do. Cross for beautifully painted finger(nails) for me!

The polishes in this post were sent to me for consideration and review by the manufacturer. For further information, please see my disclosure statement.

I felt like doing a FUN design today so what better to do than an old game show!! Today’s design is based off of The Price is Right!

For this design I used all OPI, Nail Envy, Don’t Mess With OPI, Suzi Says Feng Shui, Dating A Royal, Gargantuan Green Grape, Green-wich Village, You’re Such A Kabuki Queen, What’s With The Cattitude?, The IT Color, Black Onyx, Alpine Snow, Golden Rules!, Quarter of a Cent-ury, and Seche Vite Top Coat.

This design is the logo of the show, the main background (green thing), the Plinko game, The Giant Wheel, the pointer on the wheel and then on the other hand is the contestants guesses for prices- 100, 2, 698, and 1 and then I gave myself a contestant name tag :)

Some of the polishes in this post were sent to me by the manufacturer. For further information, please see my disclosure statement.